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Blaeu (J & W) Nova Belgica et Anglia nova

Blaeu (J & W) Nova Belgica et Anglia nova,

New York, from Penobscot Bay to the Chesapeake Bay, with the island of Manhattan, north orientated towards the right, ornamental title cartouche, ships, canoes with native figures, compass roses, animals and birds including bears, beavers, several types of dear, turkey and others, engraved map with hand-colouring, 390 x 505mm., central vertical fold, two very small areas of faint staining to upper margin, German text verso, [Amsterdam], c.1642.

***An early and important map of New York. Lunny writes "Here for the first time appear the Indian canoes, the bears, beavers and turkeys that decorated maps of this region for decades"..